Grafton Tanner - Writer

Grafton Tanner is an English and Film Studies double major at the University of Georgia in Athens, GA. While attending high school in Macon many moons ago, Grafton studied percussion and performed in several district, region, and state level wind ensembles. After a brief stint in music school that left him musically vapid, Grafton holed himself up in his dorm room (Reed Hall room 240), read Gravity’s Rainbow, lost his mind, and wrote the beginning songs for his now active synthrock band Space Ghost. Hoo nelly!

He has a penchant for 20th Century classical music, late 70’s disco funk, avant-jazz, and soundtracks for early Disney Halloween cartoon specials (preferably on VHS format). At most hours of the day, Grafton enjoys writing poetry, eating at Keba, and saying “y’all.”

Wax Fang is Scott Carney and Jacob Heustis, and their sound is a throwback to the mid-1970s anthemic rock acts that spawned countless imitators while causing many others to spurn “dinosaur rock” altogether. By 1977, the likes of Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin were being rejected outright by the surfacing wave of punk rock. In […]

“On his debut album, ‘Let It Be Told’, SWF honors the fuzzed-out days when radio rock was booming and musicians and music fans alike mythologized the “road” as the fount from which all rock inspiration flowed.” – GT

On October 4th, QUIET HOUNDS will yet again raise the bar for contemporary live performances as they present “Swans & Embers,” a unique concert experience that will be held at Atlanta’s historic Swan House.